Did you know we make turkey calls? FOXPRO's Jon Collins and Kody Hassinger talk turkey hunting and FOXPRO's line up of turkey calls.
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welcome to the Foxpro podcast
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brought to you by Foxpro game calls
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welcome back to the Foxpro podcast on
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this episode we're Switching gears on
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you guys a little bit turkey season is
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quickly approaching well we like turkey
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hunt too if it involves calling an
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animal in
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a pretty good chance we're going after
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them I've got fellow co-worker Cody
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hassinger on the line Cody what's going
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on buddy rough day at the office
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now just another day here buddy
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well you've been into here lately
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oh well
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I mean just kind of getting settled back
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into
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into some stuff I mean it's kind of not
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too far after the show season and uh
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it's kind of getting back in the office
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and getting ready for a bunch of other
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stuff that's right yeah we've been uh
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pretty busy since first year with some
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hunts and then show season you know ATA
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nwtf Great American Outdoor Show all
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that type of stuff and plus we actually
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fixing to go on another hunt here next
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week we're going to be uh meeting up in
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Ohio with Fox Pro field staffer Eric
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Hammond I'm I'm looking forward to that
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hunt quite a bit
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yeah I think that's going to be a good
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trip yeah I guarantee it well coyote
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tell everyone a little bit about
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yourself you know uh I you know I know
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you and I know a lot of people all the
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listeners do too but you know Cody's one
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of these Cody's one of the guys I travel
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with a lot when we're going on hunts
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usually uh Cody's a long filming and and
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in return I'll jump behind the camera
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and film Cody on a lot of the Hunts that
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you see here on Foxpro hunting TV and
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stuff we put out but uh Cody tell
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everybody a little bit more about
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yourself
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yeah so I work in the marketing
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department here at Foxpro
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um like you said uh you know do a good
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bit of traveling around filming uh it's
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kind of where I got my start in the
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marketing department I suppose is is uh
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filming back in the first acre days
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um I got uh wife and two kids a son and
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a daughter
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last year he uh killed his first turkey
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and this fall we killed his first buck
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so
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um that's pretty much about me big
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hunting family yeah I know what uh it
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boy was pretty excited I I got a phone
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call and a video chat last spring when
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he killed he's killed his turkey showing
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it long beard off and then got to hear
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from him on his uh deer hunt his past
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fall too pretty good stuff bringing him
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up rides that's for sure yes sir
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yeah you're getting uh you getting fired
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up for this turkey season
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man I'm I'm definitely getting fired up
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for turkey season
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um it's one of the things I always look
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forward to that uh
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I don't know something about spring it's
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just like a new beginning
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oh definitely is definitely is what are
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the
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what are the turkeys doing up in your
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neck neck of the woods up here in PA
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oh so I mean I've been seeing some
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around uh you know most of them are most
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of the gobbers are still grouped up I've
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been hearing quite a few people say the
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same thing
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um I'm sure here shortly they're going
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to be you know starting to
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to get that pecking order figured out
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that's kind of kind of where we're at
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yeah one girl's turkey season open up up
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there
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April 29th this year it's always the the
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closest Saturday to May 1st I got you I
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got you our our season comes in a couple
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weeks earlier and that ours is always
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the Saturday closest to April 15th and
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uh turkey's really starting to feel it
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right now I saw some birds out this
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morning I've been seeing them I've been
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hearing them gobble for for about two
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weeks down here in Kentucky
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um seeing some birds and they get down
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and fly down off the rooster strutting
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pretty hard they're really grouped up I
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mean it's not like this is anything out
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of the ordinary this this happens every
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year but this is uh definitely one of
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the times of the year that I always look
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forward to uh we're we kind of slow down
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coyote hunting a little bit through
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March and it's time to start Scouting
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For The turkeys and stuff and that's
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what I've been doing lately
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um you know just kind of keeping tabs on
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them and man it's it's always the side I
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look forward to that every year seeing
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that first Strutter out here in the
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field and uh it's kind of it turns into
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addiction pretty quick you know you got
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to get out there and see how many birds
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you can find seem like almost every day
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you know I'm out there looking and
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system for something out there
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absolutely
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yep yeah and that's pretty much the same
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for me I mean once once we get a little
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deeper in here and closer to April I'll
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be doing the same sort of stuff uh
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driving around listening in the mornings
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just trying to pinpoint as many birds as
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I can get them all marked on my map and
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you know just kind of have that in my
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bank for turkey season yeah
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you take it you take advantage of the
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Onyx maps for that you you marking stuff
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on onyx
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absolutely yep man it uh I've already
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been doing that too I are keeping tabs
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or I got Birds spotted in the fields of
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course things are going to be changing
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up quite a bit over the next few weeks
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but it it you know I've got stuff marked
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for like spots I like to go listen to
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and that way I can send you know I got a
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couple cousins that helped Scout and
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I'll send them when I say go up here to
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this point right here I'll send them up
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you know a map marker and say if you go
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right here you can pretty much hear this
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whole Farm
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absolutely it is
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yeah in return I say Mark where you hear
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them turkeys and send it back to me
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but you know what uh
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that's one thing you know
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I think it's extremely important is
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scouting for turkeys in my opinion
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scouting goes a long way when it comes
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to turkey hunting I think it's actually
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your best chance for killing a bird is
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that first time you actually go on there
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and hunt them uh you know one thing that
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a coyote and a turkey has in common is
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they can both become caution very very
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very easily so if you can get that bird
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killed on your first time in
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um you know of course everybody knows
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you know that's the way to do it but you
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know some people going on a hammer them
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Hammer them and Hammer them and end up
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with cough shot birds and it can make
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for a long turkey season but if you can
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do put some you know put some time in do
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some scouting you know keep tabs on
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birds listen to where they uh gobble off
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the roosts you know get that stuff pin
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pointed down because you know they're a
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creature habit they're going to roost
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pretty close to the same areas all the
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time and then then the next step is is
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paying attention where they actually
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where they actually like to pitch down
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to you know that's another another part
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you need to be keeping tabs on
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and then what they want to do throughout
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the rest of the day where they like to
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go for strut zones where those hens like
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to go feed off to and gobblers following
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you know scouting is just a major major
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thing I think it's something that we can
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uh you know do for for coyote hunting
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too if you can get your coyotes scouted
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out especially at these season uh late
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spring and early summer that's going to
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be coming up where where the coyotes are
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beer you know be very vocal you know
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it's kind of the same type of practice
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and it can really really help you out in
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the long run get those coyotes
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pinpointing going and slipping there and
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get your win right get them caught out
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there
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agree
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well you want to talk about our turkey
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calls a little bit
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yeah let's do it we're gonna we're gonna
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tell you guys educate y'all a little bit
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everyone knows that Foxpro you know they
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know Foxpro for electronic predator
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calls but we do a lot more than just
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that we've also got a full line of
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turkey calls mouth diaphragms and
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friction calls Cody
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you care to tell us a little bit about
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some of those calls and start off with
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uh tell us about our diaphragms we've
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got uh we've got three different combo
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packs and then we've actually got some
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individual diaphragms as well uh we've
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got the Crooked spur combo pack the
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ghost spur combo pack a hybrid spur
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combo pack and each one of those has a
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different uh different set of diaphragms
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in them
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yes sir uh so we got the uh crooked spur
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combo pack okay that's our that was our
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original
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um in that pack we have a gray orange
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and a black call now the gray call
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uh we call it just the double you know
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it's it's a true double reed call it's
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easy to call on you know beginners just
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just starting to learn everything that's
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the call that you know everybody's going
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to want to jump into just to learn it
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you know make a sound and eventually
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start figuring out that Yelp
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um
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now the next one in that pack is is the
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Batwing that's the orange coal in that
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pack it's a three read call it's my
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personal favorite in this this combo
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pack
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um you can get all kinds of great sounds
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with that call that diaphragm uh and
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then the last one in this pack is the uh
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the black it's the v-cut and it's a
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three and a half read you know it's a
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little bit more rasp in there
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um with being that it's a three and a
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half read call it's it's going to be a
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little harder to blow
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um but once people get the hang of it
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it's another great call
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um and then moving on to the next one we
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have the uh
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the ghost fur combo pack this one has a
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few interesting Cuts in it it's got one
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very similar to that v-cut it again is a
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it's a three read call
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um but it's got that same v-cut and then
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it actually has a slash on both sides of
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that top Reed uh allowing for for some
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really unique turkey sounds uh it's it's
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another real good one
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and then we have What's called the wide
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v-cut
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and again
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it's very similar to that V cup but it's
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actually wider
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um I again it's my personal favorite in
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this pack
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um it's a three read
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um
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and then moving to the next one it's
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what we call the the strut cut and it's
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more of what you would say uh like a
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combo cut
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in a normal pack but it's got that wide
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cut in it like the wide V that's the uh
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the ghost per and then we move on to the
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hybrid spur pack and uh this one's
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pretty interesting as well this is a
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full-size frame on these diaphragms but
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we actually trim the tape down for you
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uh you know a lot of guys they get they
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get a full-size diaphragm and they have
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a hard time their pilot in their mouth
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is just smaller and it gags them well
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what we did with this pack called the
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hybrid spur is keep the frame size the
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same size but the actual tape cut itself
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is smaller and then in that pack we have
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a true double with some slashes on the
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sides
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and then we have a a cutter in there and
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then we have a combo cut
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so yeah that that is a really
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interesting pack I like I like that
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combo cut in the in the in the cutter
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diaphragm and that they're they they are
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a smaller looking call but only thing is
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smaller is just the tape it's actually a
0:11:23.040,0:11:26.459
full-size frame it's it's not if some
0:11:25.079,0:11:28.380
people look at and say man it's a that's
0:11:26.459,0:11:30.600
for youth or something it's not it's
0:11:28.380,0:11:33.120
it's a full-size frame turkey call is
0:11:30.600,0:11:35.279
just uh got a little bit trimmed up tape
0:11:33.120,0:11:37.560
and it uh man they work good you know I
0:11:35.279,0:11:40.500
love that pack and just like you said
0:11:37.560,0:11:43.320
earlier I like that that orange taped uh
0:11:40.500,0:11:45.720
uh batwing out of the Crooked spur combo
0:11:43.320,0:11:49.200
it man it it called do it all
0:11:45.720,0:11:51.500
yep and uh you brought up youth size uh
0:11:49.200,0:11:55.320
we actually do have one of our singles
0:11:51.500,0:11:57.899
is a is an actual youth size frame uh
0:11:55.320,0:12:00.180
we've had women uh and kids and stuff
0:11:57.899,0:12:02.519
like that they they love running this
0:12:00.180,0:12:05.640
this uh youth size frame now it's the
0:12:02.519,0:12:07.680
same small tape cut just as these uh the
0:12:05.640,0:12:09.779
hybrids per combo pack but it actually
0:12:07.680,0:12:12.540
also has the small frame and it is it's
0:12:09.779,0:12:15.300
a lot easier for for uh kids and and
0:12:12.540,0:12:17.100
some women to run that that call there
0:12:15.300,0:12:20.040
as well nice
0:12:17.100,0:12:21.899
um do we have we have what three or four
0:12:20.040,0:12:22.620
or five different individual packs don't
0:12:21.899,0:12:25.440
we
0:12:22.620,0:12:26.160
yeah so we actually have the individuals
0:12:25.440,0:12:27.600
um
0:12:26.160,0:12:30.540
we have the one that I just mentioned
0:12:27.600,0:12:33.000
and it's it's called the uh the V Fang
0:12:30.540,0:12:36.600
um like I said that's a the youth size
0:12:33.000,0:12:39.240
frame uh now we also have what we call
0:12:36.600,0:12:42.060
the back wing and uh it is a bat wing
0:12:39.240,0:12:44.399
cut similar to that that the orange call
0:12:42.060,0:12:46.920
and the uh crooked spur pack
0:12:44.399,0:12:50.459
but it's set back
0:12:46.920,0:12:52.380
um and I it's another great call it's a
0:12:50.459,0:12:55.019
it's a three read now it's it's actually
0:12:52.380,0:12:57.000
all latex and that other bat wing that
0:12:55.019,0:13:00.480
we have is a latex top and two
0:12:57.000,0:13:03.300
prophylactic under it right
0:13:00.480,0:13:05.639
and then we also have the uh the v-cut
0:13:03.300,0:13:08.880
which is it comes within the the Crooked
0:13:05.639,0:13:11.399
spur combo pack it's the black golf like
0:13:08.880,0:13:13.560
I said I mean it's a very popular call a
0:13:11.399,0:13:15.959
lot of people like that one uh so we
0:13:13.560,0:13:19.320
sell it individually and then we have
0:13:15.959,0:13:22.560
one from the uh the ghost per combo pack
0:13:19.320,0:13:24.540
it's the v-cut slash uh again it's a
0:13:22.560,0:13:26.639
it's a popular call so we also sell it
0:13:24.540,0:13:28.320
individually there as well right all
0:13:26.639,0:13:30.240
right so do you have do you have any of
0:13:28.320,0:13:32.639
your favorites that you kind of tend to
0:13:30.240,0:13:34.980
lean towards out of those uh combo packs
0:13:32.639,0:13:35.880
or individuals
0:13:34.980,0:13:38.639
um in
0:13:35.880,0:13:40.200
my personal preference I love the uh the
0:13:38.639,0:13:43.500
bat wings
0:13:40.200,0:13:46.019
um the the green backwing and the orange
0:13:43.500,0:13:48.000
back uh bat wing that comes in the combo
0:13:46.019,0:13:50.700
the Crooked spur combo
0:13:48.000,0:13:54.779
and then my other favorite I would have
0:13:50.700,0:13:58.380
to say is the uh the combo uh
0:13:54.779,0:14:02.220
in hybridsburg yes that combo cut yep
0:13:58.380,0:14:04.079
yep I I pretty much agree with you to a
0:14:02.220,0:14:06.600
T I only want yes I throw in there is
0:14:04.079,0:14:08.279
that cutter call uh that uh hybrid spur
0:14:06.600,0:14:11.700
combo packs got the white tape I really
0:14:08.279,0:14:13.920
like that call as well yes sir yep well
0:14:11.700,0:14:15.899
that uh it kind of covers our diaphragms
0:14:13.920,0:14:18.060
we I mean it's an excellent lineup of
0:14:15.899,0:14:20.220
diaphragm so I've always got a diaphragm
0:14:18.060,0:14:21.480
by mouth throughout turkey season uh
0:14:20.220,0:14:22.560
just give you guys some more options
0:14:21.480,0:14:24.660
there if you're looking for some turkey
0:14:22.560,0:14:26.519
calls you know be sure to check us out
0:14:24.660,0:14:28.139
we've gotta we've got an excellent
0:14:26.519,0:14:31.079
lineup of calls you might try out some
0:14:28.139,0:14:33.899
of our diaphragms uh We've also got a
0:14:31.079,0:14:36.360
stout lineup of pot calls uh tell us
0:14:33.899,0:14:38.220
about our honey pot series uh uh Cody
0:14:36.360,0:14:39.860
you know we got Crystal slate and copper
0:14:38.220,0:14:43.139
in that series
0:14:39.860,0:14:45.540
yep yeah so the the honey pot it's a
0:14:43.139,0:14:47.519
it's a honey locust wood
0:14:45.540,0:14:49.380
um all of those there's a crystal slate
0:14:47.519,0:14:52.980
copper like you said and each one of
0:14:49.380,0:14:56.760
them have a glass uh tone board in there
0:14:52.980,0:14:59.339
um they are very Stout um I I my
0:14:56.760,0:15:01.440
personal favorite in in that lineup is
0:14:59.339,0:15:04.199
the uh the crystal I know that you're a
0:15:01.440,0:15:05.940
big fan of the Slate yep and I have some
0:15:04.199,0:15:08.399
co-workers in here that are you know
0:15:05.940,0:15:10.860
they're big fans of the copper that
0:15:08.399,0:15:15.440
copper gives you a really unique uh
0:15:10.860,0:15:15.440
sound it's it's it's a good call
0:15:15.480,0:15:21.899
that that uh that copper that thing is
0:15:19.980,0:15:23.639
piercing if you're having trouble
0:15:21.899,0:15:25.980
getting birds of strike you know you're
0:15:23.639,0:15:27.720
out there running and gunning and uh you
0:15:25.980,0:15:29.420
can't get nothing to answer anything it
0:15:27.720,0:15:32.579
seems like you can pull out that copper
0:15:29.420,0:15:34.800
and really get get to you helping hard
0:15:32.579,0:15:36.240
on that thing cut at them man it'll have
0:15:34.800,0:15:37.440
your ears ringing and everything that
0:15:36.240,0:15:38.699
does the same thing in the gobblers
0:15:37.440,0:15:41.120
because you can get them to answer back
0:15:38.699,0:15:45.120
to that thing that's right that's right
0:15:41.120,0:15:47.220
that that Crystal you know the Slate is
0:15:45.120,0:15:49.800
my favorite but man that Crystal call
0:15:47.220,0:15:52.260
that crystal honey pot is a good one as
0:15:49.800,0:15:54.300
well I use every one of them I've got
0:15:52.260,0:15:56.399
them all in my turkey vest
0:15:54.300,0:15:58.800
um the crystal has a unique pitch as
0:15:56.399,0:16:00.480
well and uh you can stay pretty soft
0:15:58.800,0:16:01.860
with it but you need to get out there
0:16:00.480,0:16:03.779
and Reach Out And Touch them that thing
0:16:01.860,0:16:05.760
don't have no problem at all getting
0:16:03.779,0:16:08.820
Birds a strike from way on out there I
0:16:05.760,0:16:11.399
really like that Crystal as well yep and
0:16:08.820,0:16:13.079
the the like the copper like I said I
0:16:11.399,0:16:15.180
mean it's such a unique sound it's not
0:16:13.079,0:16:17.160
everyday you know a turkey hunter
0:16:15.180,0:16:20.639
walking the Woods has a copper call
0:16:17.160,0:16:22.800
right it might just be that difference
0:16:20.639,0:16:24.899
you know that gets a bird to to hammer
0:16:22.800,0:16:26.579
back at you yeah especially like we was
0:16:24.899,0:16:28.620
talking about earlier if you know hey we
0:16:26.579,0:16:30.240
all mess up on turkeys I ain't gonna try
0:16:28.620,0:16:31.680
to act like I I go in there and kill
0:16:30.240,0:16:33.060
them right off the bat with all my
0:16:31.680,0:16:34.860
scouting I do so you're gonna mess up
0:16:33.060,0:16:37.680
from time to time or something else
0:16:34.860,0:16:38.940
might uh cause a hunt to go south but uh
0:16:37.680,0:16:40.560
you know if you've been running some of
0:16:38.940,0:16:42.120
your traditional style calls in there
0:16:40.560,0:16:44.759
and you want to throw a different sound
0:16:42.120,0:16:46.440
out there after birds that copper calls
0:16:44.759,0:16:49.759
pretty good because it's got its own
0:16:46.440,0:16:53.399
unique pitch and sound that is for sure
0:16:49.759,0:16:56.279
yep yes sir but I do have to give it up
0:16:53.399,0:16:59.160
for the Slate that honey pot slate
0:16:56.279,0:17:01.019
that is one of the sweetest calls I've
0:16:59.160,0:17:03.839
ever ran you know I've run
0:17:01.019,0:17:05.699
you know Custom Calls and everything
0:17:03.839,0:17:08.040
else and I tell you what I'll put up
0:17:05.699,0:17:10.020
I'll put that the honey pot slate up
0:17:08.040,0:17:12.419
against any call it's ever been been
0:17:10.020,0:17:15.059
turned out that thing it can get plenty
0:17:12.419,0:17:18.079
loud if you need it to and man it'll put
0:17:15.059,0:17:20.579
out some of the softest prettiest
0:17:18.079,0:17:22.260
sexiest little Persian Yelps you've ever
0:17:20.579,0:17:25.319
heard and it absolutely drives them
0:17:22.260,0:17:27.120
crazy that's right I mean last year we
0:17:25.319,0:17:28.439
called him Birds you know I hunted three
0:17:27.120,0:17:30.120
different states last year I think was
0:17:28.439,0:17:32.299
of course here in Kentucky we killed a
0:17:30.120,0:17:35.100
pile of birds we went down to Tennessee
0:17:32.299,0:17:37.620
uh with Mark Larice I think we killed
0:17:35.100,0:17:40.080
five birds in three days down there yes
0:17:37.620,0:17:41.820
we did yep and every one of those pot
0:17:40.080,0:17:43.799
calls played a played a big role and
0:17:41.820,0:17:46.260
then to finish out my season I went out
0:17:43.799,0:17:48.000
to Wyoming on some high pressure ground
0:17:46.260,0:17:50.940
out there we had a little bit of public
0:17:48.000,0:17:52.260
ground hit some private stuff and uh we
0:17:50.940,0:17:53.700
end up kill we ended up feeling some
0:17:52.260,0:17:54.960
tags out there too on some pressure
0:17:53.700,0:17:55.799
stuff
0:17:54.960,0:17:57.539
um
0:17:55.799,0:17:58.620
I had a lot of fun last turkey season
0:17:57.539,0:18:00.660
I'm looking forward to doing it again
0:17:58.620,0:18:03.679
that's for sure getting me fired up
0:18:00.660,0:18:03.679
I know it
0:18:04.340,0:18:11.039
I we we actually have another pot call
0:18:07.980,0:18:13.080
that is pretty unique uh that's kind of
0:18:11.039,0:18:16.140
separate from that honey pot series it's
0:18:13.080,0:18:18.240
called The Bitter Sweet pot that's right
0:18:16.140,0:18:19.440
it's a it's actually one of my favorite
0:18:18.240,0:18:22.320
calls too you want to tell us a little
0:18:19.440,0:18:25.020
bit about the Bittersweet Cody yeah so I
0:18:22.320,0:18:27.480
mean that call it
0:18:25.020,0:18:29.340
we named it pretty fittingly
0:18:27.480,0:18:32.520
um it can be bitter and it can be sweet
0:18:29.340,0:18:35.880
the uh it's a tip over call
0:18:32.520,0:18:38.520
um the uh the top of it is a glass and
0:18:35.880,0:18:40.919
it actually has a slate tone board in
0:18:38.520,0:18:43.860
there but you can actually flip it over
0:18:40.919,0:18:45.419
and also call on the Slate uh phone
0:18:43.860,0:18:48.179
board there
0:18:45.419,0:18:50.760
um so you can get those
0:18:48.179,0:18:53.820
soft little purrs and clucks and
0:18:50.760,0:18:55.559
everything on that slate side you know
0:18:53.820,0:18:57.179
those real light tree Yelps and stuff
0:18:55.559,0:18:59.460
and then you can flip it right over and
0:18:57.179,0:19:02.400
on that glass top you can cut at them
0:18:59.460,0:19:04.860
hard Yelp at them loud it's a do-it-all
0:19:02.400,0:19:06.900
call it's it's a great call it it really
0:19:04.860,0:19:09.780
is it's got a really it's got a good
0:19:06.900,0:19:12.059
pitch to it as well you know I'm one of
0:19:09.780,0:19:14.220
those people you know I I don't think
0:19:12.059,0:19:15.419
you can have too many calls you can
0:19:14.220,0:19:16.679
definitely go out there and not have
0:19:15.419,0:19:18.780
enough because I don't know how many
0:19:16.679,0:19:20.700
times we've been out there you know you
0:19:18.780,0:19:22.320
don't get your birds off the roost you
0:19:20.700,0:19:24.360
know we're out there at fly down time so
0:19:22.320,0:19:25.799
you're having to do the run and Gun
0:19:24.360,0:19:29.039
style hunting you know you're just
0:19:25.799,0:19:30.720
trying to walk you know put uh put the
0:19:29.039,0:19:32.760
steps in and try to get something struck
0:19:30.720,0:19:35.760
up and I don't know how many times we've
0:19:32.760,0:19:37.919
cut on diaphragms all this stuff and
0:19:35.760,0:19:40.080
nothing answers do you hit up hit you
0:19:37.919,0:19:41.760
slate you Crystal and all that type of
0:19:40.080,0:19:43.200
stuff and still nothing answers like let
0:19:41.760,0:19:45.419
me try one more thing before I leave out
0:19:43.200,0:19:47.820
of here and you grab that Bittersweet I
0:19:45.419,0:19:49.440
don't know it just there's times when
0:19:47.820,0:19:51.720
they won't answer all this other stuff
0:19:49.440,0:19:53.820
and you hit that one Colony just they
0:19:51.720,0:19:56.039
they gobble for you and you're able to
0:19:53.820,0:19:57.179
get set up on them and and have a good
0:19:56.039,0:19:58.740
hunt
0:19:57.179,0:20:00.419
um the bittersweet's actually one of my
0:19:58.740,0:20:02.940
favorites I I
0:20:00.419,0:20:05.760
guess for me probably the honey pot
0:20:02.940,0:20:07.320
slate and the the Bittersweet pot calls
0:20:05.760,0:20:11.039
probably my two favorites out of our
0:20:07.320,0:20:12.720
friction call line yep yep I agree not
0:20:11.039,0:20:14.880
taking anything away from the crystal on
0:20:12.720,0:20:17.400
copper because you know a lot of good
0:20:14.880,0:20:21.360
good stuff out of them as well but I
0:20:17.400,0:20:24.000
really like those two for sure for sure
0:20:21.360,0:20:26.039
well we got uh we ain't done yeah we
0:20:24.000,0:20:28.860
still got some more more calls in the
0:20:26.039,0:20:31.559
lineup we actually uh uh we Round Up
0:20:28.860,0:20:33.299
Round out that lineup with two box calls
0:20:31.559,0:20:35.640
we got the sweet box and a Counter
0:20:33.299,0:20:36.900
Strike uh tell us about those box costs
0:20:35.640,0:20:39.960
uh Cody
0:20:36.900,0:20:44.340
yes or so the uh the sweet box
0:20:39.960,0:20:46.559
it's uh it's got a sycamore sides and
0:20:44.340,0:20:47.340
it's actually got that same
0:20:46.559,0:20:49.980
um
0:20:47.340,0:20:53.520
honey locust a lid and then it's
0:20:49.980,0:20:56.100
actually running a uh Walnut Bottom
0:20:53.520,0:20:58.380
um but that is it's a it's kind of in
0:20:56.100,0:21:01.260
the name as well it's a Sweet Sound and
0:20:58.380,0:21:04.380
box call and then moving over into the
0:21:01.260,0:21:06.780
Counter Strike pretty unique box call uh
0:21:04.380,0:21:10.700
we actually have a piece of slate that's
0:21:06.780,0:21:14.160
uh on the bottom of the of the Box call
0:21:10.700,0:21:17.400
so what we kind of use that for is those
0:21:14.160,0:21:20.280
soft tree Yelps and purrs just kind of
0:21:17.400,0:21:23.700
waking up in the morning and it's
0:21:20.280,0:21:25.260
actually got a striker that is built
0:21:23.700,0:21:28.380
right into the call it just kind of
0:21:25.260,0:21:30.419
plugs in and and you can pop it out make
0:21:28.380,0:21:32.520
those soft little tree Yelps in the
0:21:30.419,0:21:34.919
morning you got a gobbler that's close
0:21:32.520,0:21:36.419
you know you you uh roosted him the
0:21:34.919,0:21:38.820
night before and you sneak in there you
0:21:36.419,0:21:41.400
get like 60 yards away from them and
0:21:38.820,0:21:43.620
it's just that call to pull out just
0:21:41.400,0:21:47.039
give them the soft soft stuff in the
0:21:43.620,0:21:48.960
morning right but both of them are great
0:21:47.039,0:21:51.539
I mean a sweet box you can get super
0:21:48.960,0:21:53.280
loud on if you want you know trying to
0:21:51.539,0:21:57.059
locate one in the afternoon or something
0:21:53.280,0:21:58.980
right right yeah that's uh that's one
0:21:57.059,0:22:00.419
thing about I'm glad we've got box calls
0:21:58.980,0:22:02.159
and line up
0:22:00.419,0:22:04.799
um you know not everybody can run a
0:22:02.159,0:22:08.400
mouth diaphragm that's right not
0:22:04.799,0:22:11.400
everybody can get you know your pot your
0:22:08.400,0:22:14.039
pot call style calls down very well you
0:22:11.400,0:22:15.600
know sometimes you know some people are
0:22:14.039,0:22:17.159
really good with them some people are
0:22:15.600,0:22:19.919
adequate and some people just can't run
0:22:17.159,0:22:22.020
them but it seems like everybody can run
0:22:19.919,0:22:24.179
a box call and we've got two really good
0:22:22.020,0:22:25.740
ones in the lineup uh I haven't used a
0:22:24.179,0:22:27.240
Counter-Strike in the field yet got to
0:22:25.740,0:22:29.039
play around with it some at the shows
0:22:27.240,0:22:31.440
this year but it it sounds really nice
0:22:29.039,0:22:33.840
but I have used a sweet box over the
0:22:31.440,0:22:35.159
last two seasons and it uh it's made a
0:22:33.840,0:22:37.559
lot of turkeys gobble over the last
0:22:35.159,0:22:38.520
couple Seasons that's for sure that's
0:22:37.559,0:22:40.799
right
0:22:38.520,0:22:45.900
let me ask you something here
0:22:40.799,0:22:47.460
Jake if uh if Mike was to tell you
0:22:45.900,0:22:49.980
Cody you can only take three of her
0:22:47.460,0:22:52.200
calls out this year which three what
0:22:49.980,0:22:54.419
what are you three favorite Fox Pro
0:22:52.200,0:22:57.120
turkey calls which three are you gonna
0:22:54.419,0:22:58.700
grab you can't take no combo packs and
0:22:57.120,0:23:02.580
all that stuff
0:22:58.700,0:23:04.620
you gotta pick individual diaphragms you
0:23:02.580,0:23:06.419
know I want to hear what you what you
0:23:04.620,0:23:09.840
gonna take in the field with you
0:23:06.419,0:23:11.340
okay all right that was going to be a
0:23:09.840,0:23:14.360
question too I was going to ask if I
0:23:11.340,0:23:17.700
could take the whole combo back
0:23:14.360,0:23:20.280
well I you can take the whole combo pack
0:23:17.700,0:23:21.360
but that's your three calls that's right
0:23:20.280,0:23:25.020
that's right
0:23:21.360,0:23:30.299
now so I I can't go into the woods like
0:23:25.020,0:23:33.000
that I gotta have at least uh a pot call
0:23:30.299,0:23:35.039
of some sort and a diaphragm I mean
0:23:33.000,0:23:38.760
that's just how I hunt
0:23:35.039,0:23:43.380
um I would probably go
0:23:38.760,0:23:46.520
with the uh the orange batwing cut from
0:23:43.380,0:23:48.900
the original crooked spur combo pack
0:23:46.520,0:23:51.299
uh and then
0:23:48.900,0:23:54.240
I think me personally
0:23:51.299,0:23:56.580
I'd go with the Bittersweet yep I have
0:23:54.240,0:23:59.640
to you know because I'm basically
0:23:56.580,0:24:02.640
getting two calls and one there oh yeah
0:23:59.640,0:24:02.640
and
0:24:03.299,0:24:07.740
oh man
0:24:05.280,0:24:10.559
I'd probably go with the sweet box just
0:24:07.740,0:24:13.020
to have it in my vest if I you know that
0:24:10.559,0:24:15.240
10 11 o'clock haven't haven't gotten on
0:24:13.020,0:24:16.919
a bird whatever and you know trying to
0:24:15.240,0:24:18.720
strike one up I want to reach out there
0:24:16.919,0:24:21.360
and really touch him with a box call I'd
0:24:18.720,0:24:23.580
probably take that out all right so you
0:24:21.360,0:24:26.159
got so you're gonna take one pot call
0:24:23.580,0:24:28.260
one box call one diaphragm
0:24:26.159,0:24:30.539
yeah I think that's what I'd do well
0:24:28.260,0:24:33.000
yeah that sounds pretty good to me it
0:24:30.539,0:24:35.820
sounds all right I think uh I'm gonna
0:24:33.000,0:24:39.600
agree with you on a couple of them I'm
0:24:35.820,0:24:41.460
that uh orange diaphragm tape diaphragm
0:24:39.600,0:24:43.559
and a crooked spur combo pack that
0:24:41.460,0:24:45.960
batwing is pro is probably my favorite
0:24:43.559,0:24:47.520
probably my top diaphragm out of the out
0:24:45.960,0:24:49.260
of the lot so I'm gonna take one of them
0:24:47.520,0:24:51.600
with me
0:24:49.260,0:24:53.940
I'm going to take the Bittersweet pot
0:24:51.600,0:24:55.740
call as well and then my for my third
0:24:53.940,0:24:58.980
one I'm going to take the honey pot
0:24:55.740,0:25:01.080
slate I got a good good diaphragm that I
0:24:58.980,0:25:03.900
can pretty much run any sound on it you
0:25:01.080,0:25:05.880
know I can purr I can cluck I can Yelp I
0:25:03.900,0:25:08.640
can cut at them tree I can do everything
0:25:05.880,0:25:11.159
with it uh really good uh really good
0:25:08.640,0:25:13.140
diaphragm so I've got basically all the
0:25:11.159,0:25:15.299
sounds covered with that
0:25:13.140,0:25:17.940
next is going to be that honey pot slate
0:25:15.299,0:25:20.460
man it's just like I said it's probably
0:25:17.940,0:25:23.940
one of the best calls I've ever ran it's
0:25:20.460,0:25:26.159
just uh it's just a good one it uh it's
0:25:23.940,0:25:27.779
soft enough you can do all the soft tree
0:25:26.159,0:25:30.960
yep stuff or if you're needing to really
0:25:27.779,0:25:33.480
finesse one or closing closing yards of
0:25:30.960,0:25:34.980
a bird coming on in it does all that it
0:25:33.480,0:25:37.380
gets loud enough where you can strike
0:25:34.980,0:25:40.500
birds with it it uh it's pretty much
0:25:37.380,0:25:42.720
just a good all-around friction call for
0:25:40.500,0:25:46.080
me I really like that slate and then
0:25:42.720,0:25:48.840
again the Bittersweet is two in one that
0:25:46.080,0:25:50.940
glass on top it has such a good
0:25:48.840,0:25:53.279
frequency if I need to reach out there
0:25:50.940,0:25:55.740
further to get a bird to strike it's
0:25:53.279,0:25:57.539
going to do that then of course you can
0:25:55.740,0:26:00.179
flip it over and this gives you a total
0:25:57.539,0:26:03.000
different set of tones from that smaller
0:26:00.179,0:26:05.100
slate on the bottom that my honey pot
0:26:03.000,0:26:06.779
slate won't won't give me it's just a
0:26:05.100,0:26:08.700
total different type of sound so that's
0:26:06.779,0:26:11.220
going to be my three is that orange
0:26:08.700,0:26:14.460
diaphragm uh batwing other crooked spur
0:26:11.220,0:26:17.460
combo pack the honey pots light and a
0:26:14.460,0:26:18.600
Bittersweet pot call I like it I like
0:26:17.460,0:26:20.640
all of it
0:26:18.600,0:26:21.890
so Cody just coming off me I'll have
0:26:20.640,0:26:25.580
them turkeys gobbling for you
0:26:21.890,0:26:27.900
[Laughter]
0:26:25.580,0:26:29.100
because I guarantee you we're going to
0:26:27.900,0:26:31.020
put some we're gonna have some flopping
0:26:29.100,0:26:33.299
this spring I guarantee you that I
0:26:31.020,0:26:36.059
guarantee it yes sir I'm looking forward
0:26:33.299,0:26:38.880
to it doing this podcast makes me even
0:26:36.059,0:26:40.260
more man oh man I was I was watching
0:26:38.880,0:26:43.200
Birds this morning I was saying about
0:26:40.260,0:26:45.120
doing this podcast you know and uh uh
0:26:43.200,0:26:47.159
man there's just so many topics we can
0:26:45.120,0:26:48.720
do on turkey hunting but we felt like we
0:26:47.159,0:26:50.820
had to talk about our calls a little bit
0:26:48.720,0:26:52.559
because we hear it every year you know
0:26:50.820,0:26:55.559
people see the calls and stuff they're
0:26:52.559,0:26:58.140
like turkey calls well I know y'all made
0:26:55.559,0:26:59.520
you know electronic game calls predator
0:26:58.140,0:27:00.600
calls for coyotes and all that type of
0:26:59.520,0:27:02.880
stuff I didn't know you I was making
0:27:00.600,0:27:05.220
stuff for uh for turkey hunting as well
0:27:02.880,0:27:07.200
and you're like yeah we've we've had
0:27:05.220,0:27:11.220
that alignment lineup for a long time
0:27:07.200,0:27:12.539
it's good stuff too yes sir yep talking
0:27:11.220,0:27:15.240
about getting fired up from turkey
0:27:12.539,0:27:16.919
season you know we've uh We've shared
0:27:15.240,0:27:18.419
some pretty awesome turkey hunts
0:27:16.919,0:27:19.440
together over the last few years you
0:27:18.419,0:27:21.120
know
0:27:19.440,0:27:22.860
um had you come down to Kentucky for
0:27:21.120,0:27:25.460
your first trip down here
0:27:22.860,0:27:28.400
man how long ago is that being now
0:27:25.460,0:27:31.140
five or six years ago I don't know
0:27:28.400,0:27:31.980
yeah it's every bit of that do you have
0:27:31.140,0:27:34.200
uh
0:27:31.980,0:27:35.340
you have any parts that stick out in
0:27:34.200,0:27:37.440
your mind
0:27:35.340,0:27:39.860
might as well tell it tell us a good
0:27:37.440,0:27:39.860
hunting story
0:27:39.919,0:27:44.039
you know
0:27:41.940,0:27:47.340
I I'd have to say
0:27:44.039,0:27:49.860
uh the one that sticks out the most
0:27:47.340,0:27:53.220
was the the actual very first trip I
0:27:49.860,0:27:54.960
ever came down there uh and it's cool
0:27:53.220,0:27:59.120
because uh it's on a piece of ground
0:27:54.960,0:28:02.940
that you own now yeah and uh
0:27:59.120,0:28:06.179
that hunt was just the absolute Picture
0:28:02.940,0:28:08.460
Perfect hunt I mean we got in there got
0:28:06.179,0:28:10.679
set up right away before when the lights
0:28:08.460,0:28:12.779
came on we had tried to roost that bird
0:28:10.679,0:28:15.240
actually thought we had him rooster the
0:28:12.779,0:28:18.059
night before we went there got set up he
0:28:15.240,0:28:19.400
actually wasn't in the spot we had him
0:28:18.059,0:28:22.080
roosted in
0:28:19.400,0:28:23.520
he moved on us I don't that bird must
0:28:22.080,0:28:25.500
have because you know we stayed out
0:28:23.520,0:28:27.659
there with him to like ride up fly up
0:28:25.500,0:28:29.400
time and he got out of sight on us uh
0:28:27.659,0:28:31.860
but we said man he's gonna fly a Prater
0:28:29.400,0:28:35.460
I mean it was dark just about it that
0:28:31.860,0:28:37.320
bird must have took off sprinting
0:28:35.460,0:28:38.700
or flying and we couldn't hear you or
0:28:37.320,0:28:40.140
see him or something because he actually
0:28:38.700,0:28:44.580
ended up like
0:28:40.140,0:28:45.960
probably 400 to 500 yards away uh in a
0:28:44.580,0:28:48.960
different direction but we've actually
0:28:45.960,0:28:50.340
always set up actually worked out just
0:28:48.960,0:28:53.760
fine so I'm gonna let you take it from
0:28:50.340,0:28:55.380
there all right I mean we had to we had
0:28:53.760,0:28:57.419
to coax that bird a little bit but just
0:28:55.380,0:28:59.760
like you said I mean he he surprised us
0:28:57.419,0:29:01.380
where he actually was roosted
0:28:59.760,0:29:04.500
um and uh
0:29:01.380,0:29:06.539
but we have the unknown video too and it
0:29:04.500,0:29:10.140
was just the the most picture-perfect
0:29:06.539,0:29:12.659
when that bird started coming in the sun
0:29:10.140,0:29:14.940
was like coming up perfect it was like
0:29:12.659,0:29:16.799
that there was you know golden sun rays
0:29:14.940,0:29:19.860
coming in behind this bird it was just
0:29:16.799,0:29:22.799
it was so pretty in the camera and then
0:29:19.860,0:29:25.020
you know that bird gets what you know 40
0:29:22.799,0:29:28.500
40 yards away from the decoy and just
0:29:25.020,0:29:30.659
runs it over uh ended up knocking it on
0:29:28.500,0:29:32.820
the ground and then standing up on it
0:29:30.659,0:29:36.240
and I ended up shooting right off the
0:29:32.820,0:29:39.899
decoy yeah and the thing was
0:29:36.240,0:29:42.539
I get pretty lazy sometimes so
0:29:39.899,0:29:46.580
those decoys wouldn't be like
0:29:42.539,0:29:46.580
12 yes
0:29:48.620,0:29:55.500
so that bird was that bird was just
0:29:51.419,0:29:57.539
right on top of us he was right in front
0:29:55.500,0:29:59.399
of us right on top of us right on top of
0:29:57.539,0:30:01.260
the heat actually knocked had a had a
0:29:59.399,0:30:03.899
it's like a half strut or a quarter
0:30:01.260,0:30:05.039
strut Jake out there and he uh he
0:30:03.899,0:30:06.899
knocked that thing pull him off the
0:30:05.039,0:30:08.760
stake and got to standing off on top of
0:30:06.899,0:30:12.059
it I don't know what goes through these
0:30:08.760,0:30:14.100
crazy Birds mind but you know it's just
0:30:12.059,0:30:16.559
like he was just playing dominance you
0:30:14.100,0:30:20.039
know he starts uh pouring it too is Jake
0:30:16.559,0:30:23.360
decoy or some type of it and man I think
0:30:20.039,0:30:23.360
there's feathers still flying
0:30:24.320,0:30:29.659
laughs
0:30:26.720,0:30:31.980
absolutely
0:30:29.659,0:30:33.779
spinning around on you I want to hear
0:30:31.980,0:30:35.580
one that sticks in your mind
0:30:33.779,0:30:39.179
man that's a
0:30:35.580,0:30:40.799
that one is probably actually
0:30:39.179,0:30:43.620
my favorite
0:30:40.799,0:30:47.100
that we've shared together
0:30:43.620,0:30:48.899
um another one another one that's uh I
0:30:47.100,0:30:51.659
got a couple really good standout ones
0:30:48.899,0:30:53.039
you know we had uh Andrew come down and
0:30:51.659,0:30:56.700
hunt with us a couple years ago and got
0:30:53.039,0:30:58.740
his uh first big long beard on the
0:30:56.700,0:31:00.779
ground yeah awesome hunt you know that
0:30:58.740,0:31:03.539
was a fun hunt
0:31:00.779,0:31:05.960
um your hunt from that year was pretty
0:31:03.539,0:31:09.260
pretty memorable as well
0:31:05.960,0:31:09.260
behind the house
0:31:09.440,0:31:14.820
I might have to tell that one
0:31:12.120,0:31:17.520
yeah that's another good one man that's
0:31:14.820,0:31:19.140
a good one bad yeah it was that was
0:31:17.520,0:31:20.640
probably about two years ago three years
0:31:19.140,0:31:21.840
ago what is it I mean I can't even
0:31:20.640,0:31:23.279
remember it's probably like three years
0:31:21.840,0:31:25.559
ago wasn't it
0:31:23.279,0:31:27.659
uh the one right behind the house yeah
0:31:25.559,0:31:30.720
probably two years ago wasn't it
0:31:27.659,0:31:33.179
yeah two years ago anyway
0:31:30.720,0:31:35.700
that was actually before I started
0:31:33.179,0:31:37.380
working full time for Foxpro but I've
0:31:35.700,0:31:40.080
always had a really good relationship
0:31:37.380,0:31:42.720
with with Fox bro and the guys that come
0:31:40.080,0:31:44.640
down here and hunt and uh you know I had
0:31:42.720,0:31:46.620
a a predator hunting show we was doing
0:31:44.640,0:31:50.279
and Foxpro was always sponsored that but
0:31:46.620,0:31:51.960
I also did a uh uh hosted a show for
0:31:50.279,0:31:53.580
Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife
0:31:51.960,0:31:56.340
called strutting in the Bluegrass where
0:31:53.580,0:31:58.080
we would film the first seven days of
0:31:56.340,0:32:00.419
turkey season we'd film The Hunts at
0:31:58.080,0:32:03.539
morning we release them that evening and
0:32:00.419,0:32:05.640
I had just completed that week we had we
0:32:03.539,0:32:08.640
had knocked down all kinds of birds on
0:32:05.640,0:32:11.340
film uh for the department and hunted
0:32:08.640,0:32:13.080
all over the place but I was saving a
0:32:11.340,0:32:14.940
particular group of three birds from
0:32:13.080,0:32:17.039
Foxpro boys come down so we just
0:32:14.940,0:32:19.399
completed the hunt I completed that week
0:32:17.039,0:32:22.260
seven days of filming for Kentucky
0:32:19.399,0:32:23.279
Cody and Andrew got down here that
0:32:22.260,0:32:25.620
evening
0:32:23.279,0:32:27.120
we was putting a show out so then we
0:32:25.620,0:32:28.620
went out and roosted birds and was going
0:32:27.120,0:32:30.720
to hunt the very next day so it had been
0:32:28.620,0:32:32.700
a second Saturday of Kentucky's spring
0:32:30.720,0:32:34.260
turkey season and like I said we've
0:32:32.700,0:32:35.159
already poured it to the birds we had
0:32:34.260,0:32:37.799
had
0:32:35.159,0:32:39.720
awesome hunts all week we went there
0:32:37.799,0:32:42.120
behind the house and sure enough there's
0:32:39.720,0:32:43.860
our three three long beers I've been
0:32:42.120,0:32:45.659
keeping tabs on all the way up till
0:32:43.860,0:32:47.100
season got there and sure enough it
0:32:45.659,0:32:50.279
looked like nobody had fooled with them
0:32:47.100,0:32:51.779
got those birds roasted
0:32:50.279,0:32:55.140
I don't know what we have to move on
0:32:51.779,0:32:56.640
them twice yeah I mean they give us a
0:32:55.140,0:32:58.620
little bit of trouble they give us fits
0:32:56.640,0:33:00.419
they had they had hens right off the
0:32:58.620,0:33:02.460
roost and we'd move on them and get them
0:33:00.419,0:33:04.620
to split away from their hands a little
0:33:02.460,0:33:07.260
bit and then they'd go back to their
0:33:04.620,0:33:10.320
hands and finally we got set up and I
0:33:07.260,0:33:13.500
put a full strut decoy out there it was
0:33:10.320,0:33:16.140
it's actually a a jake a Strutter Jake
0:33:13.500,0:33:18.419
is what it is uh it's a it's a smaller
0:33:16.140,0:33:21.120
body size decoy and it's got a little
0:33:18.419,0:33:22.679
bit old stubby beard but what I do is I
0:33:21.120,0:33:25.380
put a full
0:33:22.679,0:33:27.179
fan and a full-time fan in it so what it
0:33:25.380,0:33:29.220
looks like it looks like a just a
0:33:27.179,0:33:31.019
subordinate Tom it's got that little big
0:33:29.220,0:33:33.840
old body in that great big hotel fan and
0:33:31.019,0:33:36.120
something about it if if Turkey see it
0:33:33.840,0:33:37.860
it drives them nuts so we finally got
0:33:36.120,0:33:40.799
circled around
0:33:37.860,0:33:42.419
got those birds coaxed into us again and
0:33:40.799,0:33:45.120
got them where they could see that Decoy
0:33:42.419,0:33:47.399
here they come they left they left a
0:33:45.120,0:33:49.799
group of hens come marching down in
0:33:47.399,0:33:51.179
there and uh I don't know Cody couldn't
0:33:49.799,0:33:54.120
figure out which one he wanted to shoot
0:33:51.179,0:33:57.179
or what right on top of the decoy and
0:33:54.120,0:33:58.559
all sudden boom
0:33:57.179,0:34:01.260
boom
0:33:58.559,0:34:03.240
missed both times and finally Boom the
0:34:01.260,0:34:05.760
bird went the Flop I think what he did
0:34:03.240,0:34:07.260
he had three shots for three birds and
0:34:05.760,0:34:09.899
he finally just like he's like he's
0:34:07.260,0:34:11.879
saying yeah I'm gonna kill that then
0:34:09.899,0:34:13.139
right before the gun go off he said no I
0:34:11.879,0:34:14.760
don't know if I want that or not boom
0:34:13.139,0:34:16.139
shoot right over top of it and the same
0:34:14.760,0:34:18.480
thing for the second but he did good
0:34:16.139,0:34:20.520
because the bird that he killed was a
0:34:18.480,0:34:22.980
great big old gobbler had Two Beards
0:34:20.520,0:34:24.599
that's one cool thing about my area is
0:34:22.980,0:34:26.820
uh there's a lot of multiple bearded
0:34:24.599,0:34:28.800
birds and seems like if I remember right
0:34:26.820,0:34:31.200
it was a big old hook spurred bird that
0:34:28.800,0:34:33.839
had that was a double beard but he sure
0:34:31.200,0:34:35.659
was yes he was and I shot all three
0:34:33.839,0:34:39.200
shots at the same bird
0:34:35.659,0:34:39.200
I don't believe that
0:34:41.580,0:34:44.520
I don't know if he's trying to kill all
0:34:43.139,0:34:46.679
three of them and missed two of them
0:34:44.520,0:34:48.980
finally killed the third one or what was
0:34:46.679,0:34:48.980
going on
0:34:49.940,0:34:55.740
he's actually talking about this stuff
0:34:52.080,0:34:58.440
on on a conference call the other day
0:34:55.740,0:35:03.619
and I said what's a change Cody's name
0:34:58.440,0:35:03.619
be uh be Cody three-shot hassinger
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yeah everybody deserves a warning shot
0:35:07.400,0:35:13.430
yeah or two
0:35:09.150,0:35:14.660
[Laughter]
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[Music]
0:35:14.660,0:35:18.900
oh man good times though and I guarantee
0:35:17.700,0:35:22.140
we're gonna have some more good ones
0:35:18.900,0:35:23.700
this spring yes everybody where are we
0:35:22.140,0:35:26.940
going hunt at dude I know we're going to
0:35:23.700,0:35:29.180
hunt Kentucky uh yeah probably go
0:35:26.940,0:35:29.180
Kentucky
0:35:29.400,0:35:36.720
yeah I think Tennessee uh maybe add uh
0:35:33.420,0:35:38.460
Ohio in there for something new yeah uh
0:35:36.720,0:35:40.980
I got to get you up here to Pennsylvania
0:35:38.460,0:35:43.800
at some point I know that yeah
0:35:40.980,0:35:44.579
[Laughter]
0:35:43.800,0:35:46.380
um
0:35:44.579,0:35:48.420
man I think that's
0:35:46.380,0:35:50.400
I think that's where we're sticking but
0:35:48.420,0:35:53.520
it sounds
0:35:50.400,0:35:55.920
yeah hey turkey season only comes in
0:35:53.520,0:35:57.900
once a year and that's in the spring you
0:35:55.920,0:35:59.460
got a limited time to get after them so
0:35:57.900,0:36:02.640
you might as well port to them and many
0:35:59.460,0:36:04.500
places you can go that's right
0:36:02.640,0:36:07.020
well you got anything else you want to
0:36:04.500,0:36:08.940
talk about on this uh turkey hunting
0:36:07.020,0:36:12.079
podcast Cody
0:36:08.940,0:36:12.079
oh man
0:36:12.859,0:36:17.900
there's a bunch to talk about I mean I I
0:36:15.599,0:36:17.900
think
0:36:18.859,0:36:23.460
there's a bunch of hunts that we could
0:36:21.839,0:36:25.079
talk about I'm really looking forward to
0:36:23.460,0:36:26.099
uh
0:36:25.079,0:36:27.960
um
0:36:26.099,0:36:29.119
Tennessee again back down there with
0:36:27.960,0:36:32.099
Mark Mark
0:36:29.119,0:36:35.220
that was just an absolute
0:36:32.099,0:36:38.220
blast down there last year and he's he's
0:36:35.220,0:36:42.900
so much fun to be around oh yeah he's a
0:36:38.220,0:36:44.579
blast to himself yes I mean you could
0:36:42.900,0:36:46.920
just stay here at the house and have a
0:36:44.579,0:36:50.660
have a pretty good time between all the
0:36:46.920,0:36:50.660
dogs and the pot belly pig
0:36:50.820,0:36:53.780
that's right
0:36:54.720,0:36:58.680
let alone going down and kill him like
0:36:56.760,0:37:00.720
you said five birds in three days I mean
0:36:58.680,0:37:01.980
it was just it was good hunting it was a
0:37:00.720,0:37:03.660
lot of fun
0:37:01.980,0:37:05.339
and it was we had to work for those
0:37:03.660,0:37:07.500
birds too I mean it wasn't like it was
0:37:05.339,0:37:09.660
super easy huh no they didn't they
0:37:07.500,0:37:11.339
didn't come easy I think Mike he killed
0:37:09.660,0:37:13.500
two birds Mike Dylan was down there with
0:37:11.339,0:37:18.119
us I killed a bird Cody killed a bird
0:37:13.500,0:37:20.900
and uh and Mark Mark the butcher Laurice
0:37:18.119,0:37:20.900
killed one too
0:37:21.480,0:37:26.060
yes sir had that main flowing
0:37:26.579,0:37:31.700
here we are he ain't got no way to
0:37:28.440,0:37:31.700
defend himself yeah
0:37:32.880,0:37:36.359
I'll probably hear about it later yeah
0:37:35.160,0:37:38.579
I'm definitely looking forward to that
0:37:36.359,0:37:40.740
again that'll be good Kentucky's always
0:37:38.579,0:37:42.119
good it'd be the first time we've hunted
0:37:40.740,0:37:44.400
that area in Ohio I'm really looking
0:37:42.119,0:37:45.420
forward to that as well we know birds
0:37:44.400,0:37:47.099
are going to be there with his deer
0:37:45.420,0:37:48.660
hunting that place is past falling every
0:37:47.099,0:37:50.220
time we went into turkey's running
0:37:48.660,0:37:53.220
everywhere and usually big old gobblers
0:37:50.220,0:37:56.040
so yes sir
0:37:53.220,0:37:58.020
all right I'll say we get her off here
0:37:56.040,0:37:59.460
all right buddy sound pretty good we
0:37:58.020,0:38:00.720
can't tell it all on one we'll have to
0:37:59.460,0:38:03.000
us another one here in another week or
0:38:00.720,0:38:04.740
two and it sounds good to me come up
0:38:03.000,0:38:06.599
with some good topics to talk about for
0:38:04.740,0:38:09.359
spring turkey season
0:38:06.599,0:38:11.220
yeah maybe tips and tactics or something
0:38:09.359,0:38:12.780
yeah that's right well I appreciate you
0:38:11.220,0:38:15.240
jumping on here and telling us about the
0:38:12.780,0:38:17.099
the Foxpro turkey call lineup
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0:38:17.099,0:38:20.820
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